By John Owen Nwachukwu

Northern youths, on the aegis of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has reacted to alleged humiliation of Northerners in Lagos by task force.

The AYCF in a statement signed and made available to DAILY POST on Monday by Alhaji Yerima Shettima, its National President, claimed that Northerners who are in the Southwest State to earn their living were being attacked and humiliated by the State’s taskforce.

DAILY POST reported earlier that there was pandemonium at Oshodi area of Lagos State as commercial motorcyclists known as Okada riders attacked officials of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) on Thursday.

AYCF said it has reliably gathered that the Lagos Task Force officials have been invading homes of Northerners in Lagos in ungodly hours of the night and carting away motorcycles while forcefully abducting the occupants and hauling them into detention.

The statement added, “Our attention has been drawn to an ongoing brigandage in Lagos against innocent Northerners who are in Lagos to earn their living legitimately. We reliably gathered that using a Gestapo style the Lagos Task Force officials have been invading homes of Northerners in Lagos in ungodly hours of the night and carting away motorcycles while forcefully abducting the occupants and hauling them into detention.

“We dare say we have not seen this kind of Impunity against Northerners in recent years.

“It is even strange that this is coming from the Southwest, a region that expects the North to hand over the 2023 Presidency to its own.

“We have reason to now wonder if the Southwest truly expects the North to make it a successor in 2023.”

Consequently, the AYCF declares as follows:

“We find totally unacceptable the use of force to invade the homes of Northerners in the wee hours of the night and ‘arresting’ them for no legal or
constitutional reason.

“We are not aware of any law by Lagos State Government banning Okada, even though we know that restrictions have been imposed on Okada in selected Lagos communities.

“It is, therefore, imperative that the either the Lagos State Government or the Task Force explain the legal and Constitutional basis for this action.

“It was very touching when we saw the Task Force officials raiding homes with majority of Northerners in Oshodi area on the wee hours of the night.

“We demand immediate explanation for this humiliating operation, let either the Lagos State Government tell the world that it officially sanctioned this Gestapo operation or it was the instruction of Task Force boss that we are seeing this physical assault on our people.

“We are deeply disturbed by this rather uncivilized conduct in the 21st century, happening in a supposedly cosmopolitan city like Lagos.

“We gathered that the people in many Northern States are already tensed up by the news filtering out of Lagos since Thursday through Saturday.

“And we dare say this kind of tension in the North has very often been a precursor to revenge attacks. Something drastic must be done to avoid a recurrence of past security challenges caused by the humiliation of Northerners in Lagos.

“We call on President Buhari to take drastic steps in ensuring this Impunity by Lagos State Government or Task Force is halted immediately.

“We call on all security agencies to take immediate steps in averting a situation capable of destabilizing the country.

“Northerners, like other Nigerians, have every right to movement for trade anywhere in the country as guaranteed by the constitutional provision on freedom of movement.

“Most importantly, we call for the immediate release from prison all the innocent Northerners whose homes were raided in the ungodly hour by Task Force officials.

“This, in our candid view, will be the first step in ensuring justice for the innocent Northerners. Why haul them into detention, in defiance of well-known constitutional provisions or the Rule of Law in general?

“We wish to reiterate that any further attempt to humiliate innocent Northerners in any part of this country will be resisted by our group with all the available legal and constitutional weapons.

“In a balanced world, institutions are created for tackling problems but not in the manner Lagos State Government through the Task Force is currently doing to our own people.

“It is, therefore, a smear on decorum, disrespectful of human dignity and a brazen abuse of official powers. And this is totally unacceptable.

Whoever has ear, let him hear.

“Enough of this physical assault on innocent Northerners in Lagos, we so warn!”


https://dailypost.ng/2019/12/09/dont-expect-us-to-hand-over-to-you-in-2023-arewa-youths-tells-south-west/

South east news

Just imagine that. Give it to your enemy and die

Ok we have read.

Wailers, as it dey hot.. Food don land

Okada is the issue...

We dont beg for presidency. We have it...

Upon the political servitude? These same Arewa Youth issued a relocation threat against Igbos but nothing has happened to them till date.

Sowore is being buffeted here & there but none of Tinubu, Osinbajo, SW persons of repute, paramount rulers/Obas are talking.

Who ever becomes the president doesn't concern me
After all Nigeria is the same 10years ago
Only that Nigeria has decayed

Everybody is just clowning in this country Olohun

"ETHNICITY" the biggest problem facing Nigeria...the reason Nigeria will never work, I repeat Nigeria will never WORK

DONT WORRY, TINUBU HAS A SECRET DEAL WITH BUHARI TO TAKEOVER, SO DONT EXPECT HIM OR THE OTHERS TO LISTEN.


2023, YORUBA MUST TAKE OVER.

Lol. These cows think they can threaten the SW with their votes. You will beg to hand over power. You are not the ones to negotiate. You have nothing to negotiate with. Do anyhow and see what happens in 2023 and beyond.

hammerU:
DONT WORRY, TINUBU HAS A SECRET DEAL WITH BUHARI TO TAKEOVER, SO DONT EXPECT HIM OR THE OTHERS TO LISTEN.


2023, YORUBA MUST TAKE OVER.

Don’t cry more than the bereaved. You igbos have nothing to negotiate with hence, nobody gives a fvck about your agitations. Only sw and SS can negotiate in Nigeria. Even the northerners have nothing to negotiate with aside their population.

Racoon:
Upon the political servitude? These same Arewa Youth issued a relocation threat against Igbos but nothing has happened to them till date.

Sowore is being buffeted here & there but none of Tinubu, Osinbajo, SW persons of repute, paramount rulers/Obas are talking.

Sowore is acting ipob script. Tell kanu he dined with to fight for him. He is not fighting a tribal battle.

We yoruba must be president come 2023 with or without northern supports.

Tinubu they are talking to you.

Lol abeg make una no go attack innocent Igbos for arewa calipahte o

Noerection:
South east news

Really?

How you left the north to attack the east is a mystery.

No We cant take this0.

LZAA, immhotep, newbornmacho, adaibeku, GMBuharii

I have said it before ...without enforcing zoning southern Nigeria has absolutely no chance to rule Nigeria ....no chance I tell u

But the greed of south west won't allow them

MetaPhysical:


These morons say they will not handover to SW. Then tell them to handover to Igbo.

What we know is North will not keep the power. Its coming South!

I know Igbos have been saying if they cant get it they want it to remain in North. We have a different view. If Yoruba cant get it Igbo should get it....but definitely not North!

Awon were! Arab slaves!

My guy, you're thinking for the igbos, they are not capable of thinking for themselves; their only interest is to destroy the Yorubas, they've been at it since 1979 without success!!!

One is completely fed up with the snooty behaviours and haughty attitude of the north, lets quickly dismember this contraption and mere geographical expression.

These Abokees and their reasoning self.

Rekhina:
Buhari third term 2023 ,we support

Yowaa..insha Allah!